Everything as it should be

Dear little soul

We had our 20-week ultrasound today.
I always feel strangely ambivalent when I see you on the screen during the scan.
It's only when I make a film of you, and reflect on your coming that I am moved.

I wrote this song for your first Auntie about five years ago. When her first child was born, I was astonished for such a long time - I couldn't get over the miracle that she and her husband had made such a wonderful, perfect little person! (When the baby was born, I felt like the world's first aunt!) I was compelled to write this for my sister, imagining how amazing it must feel to meet one's own child for the first time.

I am so fortunate to be able to sing this to you (as I often do, when I'm on my bike, or doing the dishes, or just lying back and having a rest). We so look forward to rocking you in our arms and humming it in just under 5 months' time.

Love always

Your Soul Mama (and Papa)